The Albuquerque metro got hit with a strong storm, causing street flooding and high flows on arroyos Tuesday afternoon.

The Albuquerque metro got hit with a strong storm, causing street flooding and high flows on arroyos Tuesday afternoon.

Share

Shares

Copy Link

{copyShortcut} to copy
Link copied!

Updated: 10:15 PM MDT Sep 22, 2015

Hide TranscriptShow Transcript

WEBVTT SHERRY NOVAK HAS NO IDEA HOW THIS HAPPENED... we saw a pickup truck, high centered on the part of the arroyo BUT WHEN SHE SAW POLICE WITH GUNS DRAWN, SHE STARTED RECORDING. POLICE SAY A MAN CALLED 9-1-1, AND TOLD THEM HE WAS GOING TO DRIVE HIS VEHICLE INTO THE ARROYO. RAIN WATER HAD JUST STARTED TO RUSH DOWN THE CHANNEL. AS POLICE TRIED TO GET HIM TO COME OUT OF THE CAR, YOU SEE THE MAN CLIMB OUT THE CAR WINDOW AND WALK CAREFULLY TO THE BACK OF THE TRUCK... THEN INTO THE ARROYO. he was thinking if he landed in the water the current would have just taken him SKY 7 WAS OVERHEAD AS POLICE QUICKLY TOOK CONTROL OF THE SITUATION. Within seconds they had him out of the water and cuffed BUT WHILE ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING... BOTH POLICE OFFICERS AND FIRE FIGHTERS SPOTTED ANOTHER PERSON IN THE WATER. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY IT WAS A MAN, IN HIS 20S OR 30S. HE WAS WEARING A BLACK SHIRT AND WASN'T MOVING IN THE WATER. the person was seen floating face down for quite some time SWIFT WATER RESCUE CREWS STEPPED RIGHT IN... STAGED AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE NORTH DIVERSION CHANNEL. BUT AN HOUR INTO THE SEARCH, THEY DISCOVERED THAT PERSON WAS DEAD. MORE CREWS STAGED HERE NEAR ALAMEDA AND THE RIVER. FROM SKY 7, YOU CAN SEE CREWS SEARCHING AND SCANNING. FINALLY CREWS GOT A BREAK, WHEN THE RAINS STOPPED AND THE WATER STARTED RECEDE. POLICE FINALLY PULLED A BODY FROM THE WATER. NOT THE WAY RESCUE CREWS WANTED THIS DAY TO END--AND A REMINDER OF DANGEROUS THESE DAYS CAN BE. Of course, stay away from the arroyos two feet of water can move a vehicle so it's easy to get swept away BECAUSE DOING THAT, CAPT GARCIA SAYS, COULD HAVE SAVED A LIFE. IN ALBUQUERQUE KIRSTEN SWANSON KOAT ACTION 7 NEWS.

Man swept away in arroyo confirmed dead

The Albuquerque metro got hit with a strong storm, causing street flooding and high flows on arroyos Tuesday afternoon.